
Van Jones does not have a degree in science nor economics but yet Princeton has hired him teach a seminar on those subjects. So much for a Princeton education. The Washington Post fawns over him in their coverage here.
He will have a one-year joint appointment as a distinguished visiting fellow at Princeton University's Center for African American Studies and Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, where he will teach a seminar on environmental and economic policy.
Eddie Glaude Jr., who chairs the Center for African American Studies, said in an interview that Princeton was eager to welcome "the leading voice in the environmental justice movement," even if it sparks some debate on campus.
"All of this is designed to create a vibrant intellectual environment for the exchange of ideas," said Glaude, adding that he had just hosted a visit by Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele this week. "Universities are places for diverse voices to engage in conversation, relatively free from sanction and constraint, and to examine divergent ideas."
Jones will commute to Princeton from Washington, where he lives with his family, and will spearhead a "green opportunity initiative" as a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. Jones said he would spend his time at the think tank examining how to push for "green enterprise zones" that would encourage clean technology development in poor urban and rural areas; for an aggressive national renewable energy standard; and for a "Home Star" program that would provide federal incentives to make homes more energy-efficient.
This guy is amazingly dumb. He wants to push for "green energy zones" in poor urban areas. Does he want the poor to pay MORE for electricity? Anyone that looks into the cost of solor power can tell you that unless the government gives you equipment for free then it costs more per kilowatt than the electric company charges. Oh wait - I forgot who we are talking about. Maybe that is what he wants.
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